Psychometric Assessments
for India's HR & L&D Teams — DISC · Competency
EQ · Belbin · Big Five · IQ

DISC is a behavioural assessment measuring four dimensions: Dominance (how you respond to challenges), Influence (how you engage people), Steadiness (how you respond to pace and consistency), and Conscientiousness (how you approach quality and rules). Respondents complete a forced-choice questionnaire — on AXIS360, just 24 questions in 8 minutes — which produces Graph I (Natural style), Graph II (Adapted style), and Graph III (Profile). NonVerbals' platform then generates up to 12 specialist reports from that single assessment.

Personality tests (like Big Five or DISC) describe how someone naturally tends to think, feel, and behave — they don't make value judgements. Competency assessments evaluate specific work-related capabilities — such as strategic thinking, stakeholder management, or decision-making — against predefined role benchmarks. AXIS360's ASSESS instrument is a competency assessment: it tells you not just who someone is, but how capable they are relative to what a specific role requires.

Meredith Belbin identified nine behavioural roles people play in teams: Plant (creative ideas), Resource Investigator (external contacts), Coordinator (facilitates decisions), Shaper (drives progress), Monitor Evaluator (critical analysis), Team Worker (supports cohesion), Implementer (turns plans into action), Completer Finisher (quality and detail), and Specialist (expert knowledge). A balanced team typically covers all nine. NonVerbals' Belbin assessment generates a Team Composition Report showing how your current team is distributed across roles — and which roles are missing or overrepresented.

Emotional intelligence assessments measure how effectively someone perceives, understands, uses, and manages emotions. The AXIS360 EQ Survey is grounded in the Salovey-Mayer model — the peer-reviewed academic model that underpins most serious EQ research. EQ-i2.0 is a specific commercial instrument published by MHS that requires a separate certification (costing ₹50,000–₹80,000+ in India). The AXIS360 EQ Survey draws from the same scientific foundation at a significantly more accessible price point, and uniquely generates a DISC + EQ combined report showing how behavioural style and emotional intelligence interact.

The AXIS360 platform automates most of the heavy lifting. Candidates or employees complete the ASSESS Competency instrument. The platform then auto-places them on the 9-box Performance × Potential grid and categorises them as Ready Now, 1-Year, or 3-Year successors for nominated critical roles. For each successor, a competency gap report is generated showing exactly which capabilities need development — and suggesting development activities. What used to require two days of calibration meetings and consultancy support happens in real time from the platform.

AXIS360 DISC is NonVerbals' proprietary behavioural assessment platform — built in-house on validated psychometric science, priced for Indian organisations (from ₹2,999), and generating 12 specialist reports including AI-written narratives. Everything DiSC® is a separate, publisher-certified instrument from Wiley — the original "DiSC" brand with its own copyright and IP. NonVerbals is a certified Wiley DiSC provider and can administer Everything DiSC® instruments. The two serve different needs: AXIS360 DISC for enterprise platform deployment and rich analytics; Everything DiSC® when the publisher-certified Wiley brand is specifically required by the client.

L&D teams use psychometric data in three primary ways: (1) Training Needs Analysis — ASSESS Competency data identifies specific capability gaps across a cohort, informing what programmes need to be designed; (2) Individual Development Plans — profile data personalises learning journeys so each participant focuses on their actual gaps, not a generic curriculum; (3) Measurement — running pre and post assessments demonstrates that learning has resulted in measurable behavioural change, providing the ROI evidence that L&D leaders need to justify spend.

Yes. There is no legislation in India that prohibits the use of psychometric assessments in hiring, provided they are used ethically and as one data point among several — not as the sole basis for a hiring decision. Best practice, aligned with BPS (British Psychological Society) and ITC (International Test Commission) guidelines, requires assessments to be valid, reliable, and free of adverse impact against protected groups. AXIS360 instruments are designed to these international standards, with ISO 10667 compliance built into the research console.

DISC Profile Assessment starts from ₹2,999 per individual. Enterprise platform access to AXIS360 (covering all five instruments with analytics, succession planning, 360° feedback, and white-labelling) is priced based on headcount and usage — contact [email protected] or use the Request Demo button for a custom quote. For context: SHL charges £40,000+ per year for comparable benchmarking capabilities. AXIS360 is designed to bring enterprise-grade psychometric intelligence within reach of Indian organisations of all sizes.

NonVerbals Consulting is headquartered in Bangalore (Infantry Road Cross, Bangalore 560001) and serves organisations across India — Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, and beyond. The AXIS360 platform is fully online, meaning assessments can be administered to employees anywhere in India or globally. Facilitation, debrief sessions, and workshops can be conducted in person in Bangalore or virtually for distributed teams. Contact: +91 98860 09796 or [email protected].